fully understood the tales and talents of the Europeans as her father recounted them to us” 399.
Sullivan‟s theory of personality focuses on interpersonal theory which discusses about me personifications. Good-
me personification “results the infants‟ experiences with reward and approval” as cited in Jess Gregory, 2009, p. 222.
Olive has good-me personification which means that Olive always feels he is the best and talented miniaturist in Istanbul. Good-me personification of Olive is the
result from his experiences as a miniaturist. Enisthe chooses him to work on his project. It becomes a reward for Olive so that he feels that he has great ability by
being chosen.
f. Prejudiced
According to Murphy‟s theory of characterization, the characteristic of the character can be seen by thought p. 171. Olive is prejudiced against others. It
appears when he is being humiliated. I have no doubt that he‟ll quickly deduce which of the miniaturists was the
most talented and the most skilled in color selection, gilding, page ruling, illustration, face drawing and page composition; and having done so, he‟ll
continue working with me alone. I can imagine he‟ll be so pretty as to think of me as a common murderer rather than a genuine miniaturist. 100
This situation happens when people and miniaturists are attending Elegant‟s burial. Olive meets Enishte there. Enishte is the person who has big responsibility
for the Sultan‟s project. In Olive‟s mind, he believes that Enishte conceives his talent. He is sure that he is the best miniaturist in Istanbul. That is why he believes
that Enishte are going to work on the project only with him. On the contrary, he
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has a bad feeling if Enishte realizes that he is the murderer. He does not want to be known as an ordinary murderer rather that a talented miniaturist.
Freud mentioned that projection as one of types of defense mechanism. Projection can be defined “as seeing in others unacceptable feelings or tendencies
that actually reside in one‟s own unconscious” as cited in Jess Gregory, 2009, p. 37. This theory appropriately represents Olive‟s personality. Olive does his
projection by thinking negatively because he cannot accept his feeling and anxiety which comes from his unconsciousness.
g. Sensitive
Murphy‟s theory has stated that the character can be seen through the way the character speaks p.
164. Sensitiveness is Olive‟s personality which is seen through his speech. Olive visits Enishte‟s house and has serious conversation with
him. Olive asks about death because he is afraid of Erzurumis followers of Nusret Hoja, a preacher of Erzurum, who hate miniaturists. After having a serious
conversation and argumentation, Enishte tries to keep Olive in countenance “He stroked my hair like a father. I was afraid that I might burst into tears again; I
embraced him.” 162. Olive feels like he is Enishte‟s son. He wants to cry because he feels that Enishte really cares about him. It makes Olive begins to love
him. He shows his love by hugging Enishte. Murphy 1972 stated that personality can be seen through opinion of
another p . 162. Olive‟s sensitiveness is seen through another person‟s opinion.
Master Osman is talking about how Olive exactly is. After telling many things about Olive, he concludes that Olive is quite sensitive person. Master Osman says
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“Of my miniaturists I told myself spontaneously, he was the most quiet and sensitive, but also the most guilty and traitorous, and by far the most devious.”
257. Sullivan defined personality as an energy system or tensions. These
tensions are divided into two such as need and anxiety as cited in Jess Gregory, 2009, p. 217. Olive becomes a sensitive person because of his
exaggerated need to be saved from the horrible situation which occurs in Istanbul. He also needs to be respected, and appreciated in his painting. It is a form of
tension of needs. Olive‟s needs are brought by unbalance tension of his interpersonal need which is called tenderness. He expresses his tenderness by
crying. He is afraid of the situation happened and people around him. He cannot hide his terrible feelings. It is a form of anxiety. Consequently, other people easily
know what he wants. As the result, he gets what he needs.
h. Stubborn
